Passenger rear camber adjustment issue

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08-12-2018, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Scigheras

Nope, like billman confirms in the post below you, the spindle/knuckle is often the first to go.
Trust me, unfortunately I am speaking from experience, and billman likely is too.

Not only was I speaking from personal experience on my s2000 when I hit a guard rail, but also from running my own repair shop.

I would venture to guess the angle angle of the impact is probably a determining factor since my impact caused my wheel to get bent backwards (toe) vs a curb where it would be more up & down. (Camber)

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08-14-2018, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by outeiroj

Not only was I speaking from personal experience on my s2000 when I hit a guard rail, but also from running my own repair shop.
I would venture to guess the angle angle of the impact is probably a determining factor since my impact caused my wheel to get bent backwards (toe) vs a curb where it would be more up & down. (Camber)

That could be true for sure. Though people who are guessing if something is bent probably won't have body panel damage too, like when hitting a guard rail.
So when the rest of the car is still fine, you maybe hit a curb and don't know if something happened, it would usually be the knuckle then.

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08-14-2018, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by outeiroj

I wouldn’t discount a bent spindle however stamped steel parts (like the toe/camber arms) will bend before cast parts will. The toe/camber arms are considerably weaker & more malleable than the spindle

There aren't any stamped steel suspension components on the S2000.

The toe arm is tubular steel.
The LCA is cast iron.

The positioning and geometry of those two components makes them WAY less likely to bend than the knuckle/spindle.

The subframe tabs are stamped steel...but...again, the spindle bends first.

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08-14-2018, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by wae486

Thanks everyone for the reply's. He was definitely turning it the right way. I went to the shop and tried adjusting it myself and no luck. There must be something bent. I swapped out the coilovers that came with it for some OEM shocks off ebay and Eibach springs prior to the alignment. I'm going to reinstall the coilover in place of the strut assembly with the same ride height to see if the camber changes. That should rule out or confirm the strut as the issue. After that i guess it would be the lower or upper A arm or toe arm. I'm not sure how to test those without buying new ones.

Shocks cannot affect camber on a double wishbone car. Your shock could be bent, broken, blown, or not present. Wouldn't matter, as long as ride height was static.

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